Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Even the muddle-headed John Kerry was recently heard to concede that
Russia has “legitimate interests” in Ukraine. In challenging Russia
over Ukraine the West isn't just crossing some imaginary “red line” that
Obama is so fond of proclaiming again and again. In installing a
neo-fascist, rabidly anti-Russian regime in Kiev, it has crossed the
double-yellow, guaranteeing a head-on collision.

Question is, which side
will survive that collision: the Russian tank column, or John Kerry's
limo? The West's opening gambit is to deny visas and freeze accounts of
certain Russian officials and businessmen, who either don't have bank
accounts in the West or have already pulled the money out last Friday
(to the tune of a couple hundred billion dollars) and aren't planning to
travel to the US.

Russia promised to respond “symmetrically.”
In its arsenal is: popping the huge financial bubble and causing a
resumption of the financial collapse of 2008 by any number of means,
from requiring gold instead of fiat currency as payment for oil and gas,
to dumping US dollar reserves (in concert with China), to putting the
EU on a fast track to economic collapse by giving the natural gas valve a
slight clockwise twist, to leaving US and NATO troops in Afghanistan
(who are about to start evacuating) stranded and without resupply by
declaring force majeure on the cooperative arrangement currently in
effect, where much of their resupply route is allowed to pass through
Russian territory.

That's if Russia chose to act decisively. But Russia
could also choose to do little or nothing, and then just the financial
contagion from Ukraine's forthcoming bond default and financial jitters
over Ukrainian chaos disrupting natural gas deliveries to Europe could
be enough to topple the West's teetering financial house of cards.

Amid widespread criticism of the deployment of military-grade weapons
and vehicles by police officers in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama
recently ordered a review of federal efforts supplying equipment to
local law enforcement agencies across the country.

So, we decided to take a look at what the president might find.

NPR
obtained data from the Pentagon on every military item sent to local,
state and federal agencies through the Pentagon's Law Enforcement
Support Office — known as the 1033 program — from 2006 through April 23,
2014. The Department of Defense does not publicly report which agencies
receive each piece of equipment, but they have identified the counties
that the items were shipped to, a description of each, and the amount
the Pentagon initially paid for them.

We took the raw data, analyzed it and have organized it to make it more accessible. We are making that data set available to the public today.

Here's what we found:

1. Gear: MRAPs, Bayonets And Grenade Launchers

Semon “Bunkie” Knudson had barely landed at Ford in 1968 when he ordered
the homologation of the experimental new 429 CI “Semi Hemi” engine for
NASCAR. In the process, he created a Mustang muscle car for the ages,
the Boss 429. Formerly part of the personal collection of two-time
All-Star pitcher John Smiley, this 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 is Kar
Kraft build number KK1789.

A six-year-old boy was hiking with his family and friends when a mountain lion
seemingly came out of nowhere and jumped the boy. The creature started
to drag him off by his head as horrified family members and friends
watched. The boy’s father and another man fought the animal off by
shouting and acting aggressively, which resulted in the predator
releasing the boy from its grips, according to Yahoo News on Sept. 9.

The family and friends were hiking in a public open space preserve
not far from Cupertino, a city in Silicon Valley, when the large cat
showed up on the trail. Lt. Paul Foy from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said that it is unusual for a mountain lion to attack like that when there’s a group of people.

With binoculars in hand, an
assault rifle slung over his chest and a Glock pistol on his hip, a man
named Will scans the banks of the Rio Grande looking for anyone trying
to cross from Mexico into Texas.

Will is a member of the Patriots, a group of heavily armed private
citizens who use displays of force to intimidate people attempting to
cross the border illegally. Since early summer the Patriots have
patrolled an area near Brownsville, Texas.

"If you spot them and shine your light on them, that lets them know
that you're there," said the 25-year-old construction worker from
Indiana who flew to Texas for a stint with the Patriots. “Nine times out
of 10, they're not going to come over.

"Even if they are going to try to cross again, we're still making it harder for them, and that's the reason we're here."

The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office reported William
Hayden, a star on the reality television series “Sons of Guns,” has been
arrested there on charges of aggravated rape and indecent behavior with
a juvenile. This makes four alleged victims and three different charges
of aggravated rape and one charge of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Lew is a proponent of such action, believing that US corporations
leaving the US for better foreign tax rates, while maintaining
headquarters in the US, should be violently opposed. The Obama regime
has said it believes such legislative action should be retroactive, and
authoritarians in the ranks are rising to the occasion to champion the
tyrannical actions.

Fox and Friends asked its viewers what story outraged them the most this morning. And this one
out of Michigan was an easy winner: an Army officer was apparently told
he could not enter his daughter's school because he was wearing his
Army uniform.

His wife, Rachel Ferhadson, explained what happened via phone.
Ferhadson and her husband, Lt. Col Sherwood Baker, had stopped at
Rochester Adams High School in Rochester Hills during the day to clear
up an issue with his daughter's class schedule.

But when Baker tried to go in, a security guard told him that he could
not enter wearing the uniform because it could offend people, Ferhadson
recounted.

"They told him some kids might not understand and might be offended. So
they gave him a choice, told him he could phone in to the office or go
home and change his clothes," said Ferhadson.

A middle school teacher has pleaded guilty to giving a student a “full contact” lap dance during class while students looked on.

Felicia
Smith, a teacher at Stovall Middle School near Houston, was busted
after cell phone video of incident surfaced. She “will spend three years
on probation after admitting to the felony of having an improper
relationship with a student,” according to the Houston Chronicle.

She reportedly is still licensed to teach in the state of Texas, though that is “currently under review.”
The circumstances of the case are shocking. The Smoking Gun reports:

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.